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Probolsky Research regularly conducts election and public policy polling for public interest. We have released these results for California Proposition 45 on the November ballot for public interest. The company has no client in the race nor any affiliation with the respective campaigns. “There is a clear gender divide on Prop. 45. Men support the […]
Probolsky Research regularly conducts election and public policy polling for public interest. We have released these results for California’s Insurance Commissioner race in November for public interest. The company has no client in the race nor any affiliation with the respective campaigns. “Senator Allen has taken the lead in the race for California Insurance Commissioner […]
Probolsky Research conducts and publishes public interest polling when we see a gap in the research — when no one else is releasing relevant data. Sharing public interest polling data also allows us to showcase our work to the media, the public, and future clients. By Dr. Adam Probolsky Who pays for these polls? We […]
Probolsky Research regularly conducts election and public policy polling for public interest. We have released these results for California’s Proposition 4 in November for public interest. The company has no client in the race nor any affiliation with the respective campaigns. “The large opposition to Prop. 4 is directly related to the affordability issues voters […]
Probolsky Research regularly conducts election and public policy polling for public interest. We have released these results for California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction race in November for public interest. The company has no client in the race nor any affiliation with the respective campaigns. “The race for Superintendent of Public Instruction is wide open,” explained […]
Probolsky Research regularly conducts election and public policy polling for public interest. We have released these results for California’s Insurance Commissioner race in November for public interest. The company has no client in the race nor any affiliation with the respective campaigns. “Jane Kim has a small lead over Senator Ben Allen. But the large […]
No. Survey weighting is a tool that should be used sparingly. In almost all situations it is unnecessary because your research firm should match demographics by getting responses from real people. By using stratified random sampling and multimode outreach, your research firm can get responses from the right mix of residents, customers, or voters during […]
I watched a city council meeting recently where they debated whether to remove the gender question from their annual community survey. Staff relayed that the research firm needed the question to ensure survey respondents match Census data – knowing the gender of each respondent should not be optional. One council member advocated for removal, citing […]
By Dr. Adam Probolsky Local government agencies conduct revenue measure feasibility polls to learn whether likely voters would support a new or renewed tax, bond, millage, or other revenue measure before placing it on the ballot. The results tell staff and elected officials whether the measure can pass, how to structure it, and how to […]
By Dr. Adam Probolsky You can call a community survey statistically valid only if it is designed so that the results accurately represent the overall demographics of the resident population of a city, town, county, or other defined community, like special district. For local governments, the only way to achieve statistical validity is to work […]
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